MIYC BOOK CLUB
Thank you to everyone for your enthusiasm and participation in our MIYC Book Club! Due to popular demand, we have expanded our program to include 9 books. • 4 nonfiction selections (SECOND Thursday of each month – except for April 6) • 5 fiction selections (LAST Thursday of the month).
We have a very exciting line-up for our reading and discussion! This is the list of books for our 2023 Season and our volunteer presenters:
Date
Title
Presenter
Jan. 12 ; 2 nd Thurs. Non-Fiction
Freezing Order by Bill Browder A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath. West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge A journey through the United States in the late 1930s; Based on a true story.
Carol Comeaux
Jan. 26 ; Last Thurs. Fiction
Val Bilbrey
Feb. 9 ; 2 nd Thurs. Non-Fiction
Eight Days in May by Volker Ullrich The Final Collapse of the Third Reich.
Dave Cox
Feb. 23 ; Last Thurs. Fiction
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro A Dystopian story told by Klara, a solar-powered AF (Artificial Friend). The Accidental President by A.J. Baime Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World. Bugman by Peter Karl The inner workings of an Investigative Reporter’s mind to get the story.
Denise Schwartzman
Mar. 9 ; 2 nd Thurs. Non-Fiction Mar. 30 ; Last Thurs. Fiction
Kevin Hennessy
Penny Milligan
April 6; First Thurs. Non-Fiction
Joan Gorman
April 27 ; Last Thurs. Fiction
Peter Karl (local author)
May 11 ; 2 nd Thurs. Non-Fiction May 25 ; Last Thurs. Fiction
No Book Club Scheduled
Horse by Geraldine Brooks Art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.
Deb DeVries
The time for our Book Club is 12:00 noon for social and our “Signature” Cocktail. Presentation occurs during our first course. We have our individual table discussions (with suggested discussion questions) while we are enjoying our book-themed luncheon. A wrap-up discussion and dessert conclude our afternoon.
Thank you all for your part in making our Book Club so unique and interesting!
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